The vast and vibrant animated franchise of Kung Fu Panda has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide. Starring Jack Black as the lovable panda turned Dragon Warrior Po, the film series has now become a cultural phenomenon. However, with the release of Kung Fu Panda 4, fans found themselves in utter disappointment over how the film ended.
A scene from Kung Fu Panda 4
Shifting the responsibility of a Dragon Warrior onto the next generation, Kung Fu Panda 4 severely upset fans as they dismissed Jack Black’s Po to appoint Awkwafina’s Zhen in the new role. Fans wage war on social media as they call out the film for appointing Zhen over the deserving candidate – Tigress.
Zhen Becomes the New Dragon Warrior After Jack Black’s Po
Kung Fu Panda 4 released in 2024 witnessed the end of Po’s (Jack Black) journey as the dragon warrior. While the movie mostly received positive reviews,...
A scene from Kung Fu Panda 4
Shifting the responsibility of a Dragon Warrior onto the next generation, Kung Fu Panda 4 severely upset fans as they dismissed Jack Black’s Po to appoint Awkwafina’s Zhen in the new role. Fans wage war on social media as they call out the film for appointing Zhen over the deserving candidate – Tigress.
Zhen Becomes the New Dragon Warrior After Jack Black’s Po
Kung Fu Panda 4 released in 2024 witnessed the end of Po’s (Jack Black) journey as the dragon warrior. While the movie mostly received positive reviews,...
- 4/21/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
Exclusive: D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai (Reservation Dogs) has landed a leading role in the previously Untitled War Movie now known as Warfare from Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland for A24.
Woon-a-Tai will portray Ray Mendoza, sources close to production tell Deadline. Mendoza joined the Navy in 1997 and served for over 16 years as a Member of Seal Team 5 and a Land Warfare Training Detachment and Bud/s instructor. He was awarded a Silver Star “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as Lead Communicator, Naval Special Warfare Task Unit-Ramadi, in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 19, 2006,” according to Military Times. He co-founded War Office Producers alongside retired Army Ranger Jariko Denman.
Warfare is the second collaboration for Garland and Mendoza, who served as the military supervisor for Garland’s latest film Civil War set for release on April 12. The pair wrote and will co-direct the film.
Woon-a-Tai will portray Ray Mendoza, sources close to production tell Deadline. Mendoza joined the Navy in 1997 and served for over 16 years as a Member of Seal Team 5 and a Land Warfare Training Detachment and Bud/s instructor. He was awarded a Silver Star “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as Lead Communicator, Naval Special Warfare Task Unit-Ramadi, in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 19, 2006,” according to Military Times. He co-founded War Office Producers alongside retired Army Ranger Jariko Denman.
Warfare is the second collaboration for Garland and Mendoza, who served as the military supervisor for Garland’s latest film Civil War set for release on April 12. The pair wrote and will co-direct the film.
- 3/27/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Are you a fan of the Kung Fu Panda film series? Well, then be ready to muster your forces, because Kung Fu Panda 4’s original plan for Angelina Jolie & Jackie Chan’s characters will have you bouncing with grief. Or perhaps swinging from the trees like Monkey and Tigress themselves!
DreamWorks Animation’s latest release debuted in theaters earlier this month (March 8), continuing the adventures of Jack Black’s character, Dragon Warrior Po. With a new city and a deadly new enemy to defeat in order to keep the valley peaceful, Po must find himself in the fourth installment, which is helmed by Mike Mitchell.
Kung Fu Panda 4
However, DreamWorks is under fire from fans for its initial idea regarding Chan and Jolies roles in a dispute over artistic control. Furious Five’s absence was discussed by director Mike Mitchell in a recent interview. During the process, he...
DreamWorks Animation’s latest release debuted in theaters earlier this month (March 8), continuing the adventures of Jack Black’s character, Dragon Warrior Po. With a new city and a deadly new enemy to defeat in order to keep the valley peaceful, Po must find himself in the fourth installment, which is helmed by Mike Mitchell.
Kung Fu Panda 4
However, DreamWorks is under fire from fans for its initial idea regarding Chan and Jolies roles in a dispute over artistic control. Furious Five’s absence was discussed by director Mike Mitchell in a recent interview. During the process, he...
- 3/12/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Kung Fu Panda 4 Ending Scene Leaked: Fans Are Not Happy With a Massive Spoiler Days Ahead of Release
For DreamWorks Animation, the Kung Fu Panda franchise has proven to be a lucrative venture. Not only are the first three animated films visually stunning, but they also create a vast universe with enduring heroes and antagonists that leave a lasting impression on the audience. With Kung Fu Panda 4 hitting theaters on March 8, 2024, Jack Black’s character, Dragon Warrior Po, will make his big screen debut after being absent from major motion pictures for nearly eight years.
Note: This article contains major Spoilers for Kung Fu Panda 4!
Kung Fu Panda 4 (Photo: Universal Pictures)
Po will embark on his greatest adventure to date in the fourth installment of the series. To top it all, the much-awaited Kung Fu Panda 4 ending scene has leaked, leaving fans with conflicting feelings. The leak revealed a surprising twist, causing a wave of sadness among fans of the beloved franchise. Why?
The return of the formidable villain,...
Note: This article contains major Spoilers for Kung Fu Panda 4!
Kung Fu Panda 4 (Photo: Universal Pictures)
Po will embark on his greatest adventure to date in the fourth installment of the series. To top it all, the much-awaited Kung Fu Panda 4 ending scene has leaked, leaving fans with conflicting feelings. The leak revealed a surprising twist, causing a wave of sadness among fans of the beloved franchise. Why?
The return of the formidable villain,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (Hkiffs) has unveiled 26 in-development projects for the 22nd Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (Haf), which will become part of the newly expanded Hkiff Industry Project Market.
The lineup features both veteran and rising filmmakers including Koji Fukada, Hong Khaou, Jang Kun-jae, Qiu Jiongjiong, Patiparn Boontarig, Wang Xiaoshuai, Teruhisa Yamamoto, and Zhang Lu. The projects cover comedy, horror, action, romance and family drama, including seven first features, two animations and a string of cross-country collaborations.
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“The selection is a testament to the resurgence of diversity and the revitalisation of international collaborations,...
The lineup features both veteran and rising filmmakers including Koji Fukada, Hong Khaou, Jang Kun-jae, Qiu Jiongjiong, Patiparn Boontarig, Wang Xiaoshuai, Teruhisa Yamamoto, and Zhang Lu. The projects cover comedy, horror, action, romance and family drama, including seven first features, two animations and a string of cross-country collaborations.
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“The selection is a testament to the resurgence of diversity and the revitalisation of international collaborations,...
- 1/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
So many celebrities stepped out to attend the 2024 BAFTA Tea Party presented by Delta Air Lines, Virgin Atlantic and BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions on Saturday (January 13) at The Maybourne Beverly Hills.
The star-studded event featured appearances from more than 100 stars, including the likes of Julianne Moore, Jonathan Bailey, Mark Ruffalo, America Ferrera, Fantasia Barrino, Cillian Murphy, Sam Claflin and Eva Longoria.
Since it was such a big event, we pulled together photos for you to easily scroll. That way you can easily see who was there and what they were wearing!
Head inside to see photos of all of the celebs on the red carpet at the 2024 BAFTA Tea Party…
Keep scrolling for photos of more than 100 celebrities at the BAFTA Tea Party…
Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari-Cox
Diane Warren
Calah Lane
Greta Lee
Fyi: Greta is wearing Loewe.
Tracy Ifeachor
Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy
Fyi: Emily is...
The star-studded event featured appearances from more than 100 stars, including the likes of Julianne Moore, Jonathan Bailey, Mark Ruffalo, America Ferrera, Fantasia Barrino, Cillian Murphy, Sam Claflin and Eva Longoria.
Since it was such a big event, we pulled together photos for you to easily scroll. That way you can easily see who was there and what they were wearing!
Head inside to see photos of all of the celebs on the red carpet at the 2024 BAFTA Tea Party…
Keep scrolling for photos of more than 100 celebrities at the BAFTA Tea Party…
Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari-Cox
Diane Warren
Calah Lane
Greta Lee
Fyi: Greta is wearing Loewe.
Tracy Ifeachor
Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy
Fyi: Emily is...
- 1/14/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
It is said that it’s easy to get work in the city of dreams Mumbai, but it’s difficult to buy a house. But Shiv Thakare has managed to do it with his hard work and dedication. Shiv Thakare broke the news of buying a house on the sets of ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ season 11. He said, “For me, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa people are my family, so when I got the key of my house, I took it on the sets to share my happiness with my Mumbai family.”
“Farah Khan ma’am also gave me a special surprise by gifting Bappa (Ganpati Idol) for my house, which took me back to our struggling days. There was a time when me, Tai, Aai-Baba we were trying to buy a house for Rs 30 lakh, which also includes a bank loan. But now, I have a car with a value of Rs 30 lakh.
“Farah Khan ma’am also gave me a special surprise by gifting Bappa (Ganpati Idol) for my house, which took me back to our struggling days. There was a time when me, Tai, Aai-Baba we were trying to buy a house for Rs 30 lakh, which also includes a bank loan. But now, I have a car with a value of Rs 30 lakh.
- 1/3/2024
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
The 2023 Taiwanese film Miss Shampoo really feels like it’s from some other time. It’s not simply goofy but absurd as well. It’s so goofy that it almost borders on being meaningless, but somehow there is a through line to the plot, and the characters exist well within the boundaries the makers crafted for them. Miss Shampoo is that film where if one gets an ‘in’ into the film somehow, there is a healthy chance that one will enjoy it no matter what. But if that doesn’t happen, the film might seem like a sequence of over-the-top scenes that have nothing to say. The film has to be seen as a love story, and underneath the absurd yet sentimental plot there is the groundedness of the archetype of Beauty and the Beast, but as the film is a comedy, they have been bashed around to fit this hyper-goofy dramedy.
- 12/28/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
This Thursday at 8:30 Pm on We tv, “Love After Lockup” invites viewers to an eye-opening special with Season 5 titled “Where Are They Now? Cheaters Part 2.” The cast reunites to reveal red flags, juicy tips, and tricks on how to spot a cheater. In an engaging tell-all, individuals like Tai, Monique, Brittany, and others share their personal experiences and insights, shedding light on the intricate art of catching a lover in the act.
Expect a mix of suspense, drama, and unfiltered revelations as the cast members open up about their journeys post-lockup and the challenges they faced in relationships. The special promises an inside look at the cast’s candid perspectives on love, trust, and the intricate dance of navigating post-incarceration romances.
For fans of “Love After Lockup” or anyone intrigued by the complexities of relationships, “Where Are They Now? Cheaters Part 2” at 8:30 Pm on Thursday is a must-watch.
Expect a mix of suspense, drama, and unfiltered revelations as the cast members open up about their journeys post-lockup and the challenges they faced in relationships. The special promises an inside look at the cast’s candid perspectives on love, trust, and the intricate dance of navigating post-incarceration romances.
For fans of “Love After Lockup” or anyone intrigued by the complexities of relationships, “Where Are They Now? Cheaters Part 2” at 8:30 Pm on Thursday is a must-watch.
- 12/15/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Get ready for a revealing trip down memory lane as the cast of “Love After Lockup” takes center stage in Season 5’s special episode, “Where Are They Now? Cheaters Part 1.” Airing at 8:30 Pm this Thursday on We tv, this episode promises a juicy exploration of red flags, tips, and tricks on how to spot a cheater.
In this special edition, fan-favorite cast members like Tai, Monique, Brittany, and others spill the tea on their past relationships. They share personal stories, recounting the moments when they uncovered the truth about their partners’ infidelity. Brace yourself for a rollercoaster of emotions as these former inmates-turned-celebrities dish out the details on catching their lovers red-handed.
Whether you’re a long-time fan or a newcomer to the series, “Love After Lockup: Where Are They Now? Cheaters Part 1” is sure to deliver the drama, suspense, and unexpected twists that the show is known for.
In this special edition, fan-favorite cast members like Tai, Monique, Brittany, and others spill the tea on their past relationships. They share personal stories, recounting the moments when they uncovered the truth about their partners’ infidelity. Brace yourself for a rollercoaster of emotions as these former inmates-turned-celebrities dish out the details on catching their lovers red-handed.
Whether you’re a long-time fan or a newcomer to the series, “Love After Lockup: Where Are They Now? Cheaters Part 1” is sure to deliver the drama, suspense, and unexpected twists that the show is known for.
- 12/7/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Get ready for an emotional rollercoaster as “Love After Lockup” returns with its Season 5 special, “Where Are They Now? Repeat Offenders,” airing on We tv at 8:30 Pm on Thursday, December 7, 2023. In this highly anticipated episode, the cast opens up about their extraordinary journeys of dating inmates and spills the beans on whether they’ve taken the plunge into love once again.
Cheryl, Tai, John, and others share the highs and lows of their past relationships, providing an intimate look into the challenges and triumphs of love after incarceration. “Where Are They Now? Repeat Offenders” promises to be a candid and revealing episode as the cast reflects on their experiences, sharing valuable love lessons learned along the way. From heartbreak to redemption, viewers can expect a raw and unfiltered glimpse into the lives of these individuals, making it a must-watch for fans who have followed the series and newcomers intrigued...
Cheryl, Tai, John, and others share the highs and lows of their past relationships, providing an intimate look into the challenges and triumphs of love after incarceration. “Where Are They Now? Repeat Offenders” promises to be a candid and revealing episode as the cast reflects on their experiences, sharing valuable love lessons learned along the way. From heartbreak to redemption, viewers can expect a raw and unfiltered glimpse into the lives of these individuals, making it a must-watch for fans who have followed the series and newcomers intrigued...
- 11/30/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
In the highly anticipated Season 5 episode of “Love After Lockup,” titled “Where Are They Now? Best Of,” airing at 8:30 Pm on Thursday, November 30, 2023, on We tv, viewers are in for a riveting exploration of the cast members’ post-lockup lives. The episode promises to unveil a treasure trove of updates, hot gossip, and shocking secrets as Johnna, Garrett, Brittany, Tai, Monique, and others spill the beans on their experiences since leaving the confines of incarceration.
From surprising transformations to wild hookups, the cast members are set to reveal it all, offering an intimate look into the twists and turns of their lives after love found behind bars. With a mix of drama, revelations, and candid confessions, “Love After Lockup: Where Are They Now? Best Of” is sure to keep fans on the edge of their seats. Tune in for an evening of compelling storytelling and unraveled mysteries on We tv.
From surprising transformations to wild hookups, the cast members are set to reveal it all, offering an intimate look into the twists and turns of their lives after love found behind bars. With a mix of drama, revelations, and candid confessions, “Love After Lockup: Where Are They Now? Best Of” is sure to keep fans on the edge of their seats. Tune in for an evening of compelling storytelling and unraveled mysteries on We tv.
- 11/23/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
What is the American Dream? the Oxford English Dictionary defines the American dream as “the ideal that every citizen of the United States should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.” However, no one has the exact same idea of it; there are many different views on what the American Dream is. Many refer to the US as a land of freedom, but different generations have defined freedom differently. There is without a doubt, a great deal of the aforementioned hard work, determination, and initiative in a growing troop of Chinese women and families pursuing the dream and earning their way to a better life through having a baby with U.S. citizenship. With her work “How to Have an American Baby” that is a result of years of intensive commitment, Director Leslie Tai documents and exposes the controversial occurrence known as...
- 11/15/2023
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
My favorite scene in “Dig,” the series finale of FX’s Hulu series Reservation Dogs, finds Devery Jacobs’ Elora joining D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai’s Bear sitting by Old Man Fixico’s casket.
Bear is meditating on nothing less than the impermanence of life, which is also what Elora wants to discuss. Specifically, she has to tell Bear that she’s exiting their hometown, departing Okern and going to college. She knows, though, that Bear’s mother (Sarah Podemski’s Rita) has recently told him she’s taking a job in Oklahoma City. Everybody is leaving Bear, and Elora worries about how her friend will take the news.
The emotion is bursting out of Elora. She wants to explain, to apologize, to justify. Bear asks her to pause. She looks at him with concern. He looks down. Pondering. She’s wondering if Bear’s about to break down. We’re wondering if...
Bear is meditating on nothing less than the impermanence of life, which is also what Elora wants to discuss. Specifically, she has to tell Bear that she’s exiting their hometown, departing Okern and going to college. She knows, though, that Bear’s mother (Sarah Podemski’s Rita) has recently told him she’s taking a job in Oklahoma City. Everybody is leaving Bear, and Elora worries about how her friend will take the news.
The emotion is bursting out of Elora. She wants to explain, to apologize, to justify. Bear asks her to pause. She looks at him with concern. He looks down. Pondering. She’s wondering if Bear’s about to break down. We’re wondering if...
- 9/27/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Independent’s annual Board Member Matching Campaign has been extended to September 29! To raise support for the next 30 years of filmmaker support, all donations make before or on the 29th will be doubled—dollar-for-dollar up to $100,000. To celebrate the campaign, we’re re-posting a few of our most popular blogs.
For those of us who have been here for a decade or two, it’s remarkable to consider both how much and how little the city of Los Angeles has changed over the years. There are still plenty of the old landmarks—the Hollywood Sign, Pink’s Hot Dogs, that dude who rollerblades around is white robes and plays guitar on the Venice boardwalk—while other, seemingly indestructible, institutions have tragically bitten the dust.
So! With local issues perpetually at the forefront of our mind this week, here now are ten films that remind us of life in Los...
For those of us who have been here for a decade or two, it’s remarkable to consider both how much and how little the city of Los Angeles has changed over the years. There are still plenty of the old landmarks—the Hollywood Sign, Pink’s Hot Dogs, that dude who rollerblades around is white robes and plays guitar on the Venice boardwalk—while other, seemingly indestructible, institutions have tragically bitten the dust.
So! With local issues perpetually at the forefront of our mind this week, here now are ten films that remind us of life in Los...
- 9/20/2023
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
The financing and development platform at Tiffcom will take place in person for the first time.
The Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (Tgfm) has revealed the 15 projects selected for financing and development at Tiffcom, the content market of Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).
The 4th edition of Tgfm will take place in-person for the first time from October 25-27, having launched during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 when all industry activity took place online.
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Projects include The Fox King by Malaysia’s Woo Ming Jin, whose revenge thriller Stone Turtle premiered in competition at Locarno in...
The Tokyo Gap-Financing Market (Tgfm) has revealed the 15 projects selected for financing and development at Tiffcom, the content market of Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).
The 4th edition of Tgfm will take place in-person for the first time from October 25-27, having launched during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 when all industry activity took place online.
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Projects include The Fox King by Malaysia’s Woo Ming Jin, whose revenge thriller Stone Turtle premiered in competition at Locarno in...
- 9/20/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Projects by Rima Das and Emma Kawawada also among 30 titles set to be pitched.
South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has unveiled the 30 titles selected for the 2023 Asian Project Market (Apm), including new works by Makbul Mubarak, Koji Fukada, Rima Das and Emma Kawawada.
The film financing event, which runs as part of Biff’s Asian Contents and Film Market, will take place from October 7-10 and comprises projects by directors who have made at least one short or full-length feature as well as producers who have been involved with at least one feature. They will conduct four...
South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has unveiled the 30 titles selected for the 2023 Asian Project Market (Apm), including new works by Makbul Mubarak, Koji Fukada, Rima Das and Emma Kawawada.
The film financing event, which runs as part of Biff’s Asian Contents and Film Market, will take place from October 7-10 and comprises projects by directors who have made at least one short or full-length feature as well as producers who have been involved with at least one feature. They will conduct four...
- 8/3/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Giddens Ko is responsible for some of the best works we have seen coming out from Taiwan during the last decade, with “You are the Apple of My Eye”, “Mon Mon Mon Monsters” and “The Tenants Downstairs” being the most prominent samples. For his latest work, “Miss Shampoo”, he tries his hand in an intense genre mashup that includes elements of crime, comedy, romance and drama.
Miss Shampoo is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
East Asian humor frequently has to do with hair, and so having an (assistant) hairdresser as the protagonist seems a good idea for the comedy aspect. This is Fen, who apprentices in a hair salon when, one stormy night, Tai, a wounded gang underboss, rushes into the shop, stabbed, in order to avoid his pursuers. Fen does not give him away, and Tai, who has become the boss of his gang after the former one was murdered,...
Miss Shampoo is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
East Asian humor frequently has to do with hair, and so having an (assistant) hairdresser as the protagonist seems a good idea for the comedy aspect. This is Fen, who apprentices in a hair salon when, one stormy night, Tai, a wounded gang underboss, rushes into the shop, stabbed, in order to avoid his pursuers. Fen does not give him away, and Tai, who has become the boss of his gang after the former one was murdered,...
- 7/24/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
[This interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike authorization.] “As if!” It may be hard to believe it (especially if you just look at Paul Rudd), but it’s been 28 years since Clueless was released. The 1995 film (loosely based on Jane Austen’s Emma) followed Cher (Alicia Silverstone), a shallow, rich, and socially successful high school student in Beverly Hills as she tried matchmaking those around her, to various results. Among them: new student Tai (Brittany Murphy) and the popular Elton (Jeremy Sisto). The only problem? He’s more interested in Cher… who’s busy falling for her ex-stepbrother Josh (Rudd). When Sisto stopped by TV Insider to talk about FBI this past spring, we had to ask him to look back on his audition for Clueless. “Initially, they had asked me to read for Josh,” he revealed. “I think I wanted to make fun of these rich kids, which I probably resented from my own childhood.
- 7/19/2023
- TV Insider
[This interview was conducted prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike authorization.] [Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Miracle Workers, Season 4, Episode 3, “The MatriXXX.”] Miracle Workers continues its dystopian comedy tour in the latest episode, “The MatriXXX,” in which married couple Sid (Daniel Radcliffe) and Freya (Geraldine Viswanathan) try to bring a little spice back into their relationship with the help of killbot Ti-90 (Karan Soni), a.k.a. Tai. Together, they agree to enter the “MatriXXX,” a big void filled with various sex toys where they are asked to unlock an array of fantasies from their minds in order to reignite the missing spark. At the helm of it all is Tai who dons “Laurence Fishburne‘s actual Matrix jacket,” according to Soni. (Credit: TBS) The actor excitedly reveals that most of the wild toys seen in this void were actually real. “It was just so crazy. And there were things I have never seen that were on there. The ...
- 7/18/2023
- TV Insider
2D computer animation also took the distribution award.
Sebastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta’s French-Italian 2D computer animation Chicken For Linda! won the Cristal for best feature film at Annecy International Animation Film Festival this evening.
It was one of two prizes received by the film, alongside the Gan Foundation award for distribution.
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Chicken For Linda! (French title: Linda veut du poulet!) follows a mother and daughter, grieving following the loss of the mother’s late husband, who go on a quest across strike-paralysed Paris in search of the key ingredient...
Sebastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta’s French-Italian 2D computer animation Chicken For Linda! won the Cristal for best feature film at Annecy International Animation Film Festival this evening.
It was one of two prizes received by the film, alongside the Gan Foundation award for distribution.
Scroll down for the list of feature film winners
Chicken For Linda! (French title: Linda veut du poulet!) follows a mother and daughter, grieving following the loss of the mother’s late husband, who go on a quest across strike-paralysed Paris in search of the key ingredient...
- 6/17/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
This post contains spoilers for the season 2 finale of "Yellowjackets."
When the starving, superstitious plane crash survivors who make up the core cast of "Yellowjackets" went tearing after Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) in last week's episode, determined to hunt her down after she drew the queen card that sealed her fate, I was still convinced this could have been a one-time thing. Sure, the very first scene of the "Yellowjackets" pilot shows teammates hunting a girl who falls into a pit, then gathering around to feast on her flesh. But in the world of "Yellowjackets," little is as it seems and the most surreal moments often turn out to be hallucinatory. Would the girls really turn this human hunt into a way of life?
Judging by this week's finale, the answer is yes. When the adult Yellowjackets gather at Lottie's (Simone Kessell) compound for a night that escalates to a bloodthirsty,...
When the starving, superstitious plane crash survivors who make up the core cast of "Yellowjackets" went tearing after Natalie (Sophie Thatcher) in last week's episode, determined to hunt her down after she drew the queen card that sealed her fate, I was still convinced this could have been a one-time thing. Sure, the very first scene of the "Yellowjackets" pilot shows teammates hunting a girl who falls into a pit, then gathering around to feast on her flesh. But in the world of "Yellowjackets," little is as it seems and the most surreal moments often turn out to be hallucinatory. Would the girls really turn this human hunt into a way of life?
Judging by this week's finale, the answer is yes. When the adult Yellowjackets gather at Lottie's (Simone Kessell) compound for a night that escalates to a bloodthirsty,...
- 5/27/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
The Season 2 finale of “Yellowjackets” left us with dropped jaws — and a lot of questions. We still don’t know who “pit girl” is, but we did see how things escalate to the point where the survivors began hunting each other to stay alive.
Although, as creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson told TheWrap before the Season 2 premiere, not every question will be answered. Said Nickerson, when asked if he minded the comparisons to the often frustrating “Lost”: “I don’t always want everything to be answered. Like, I do and I don’t, because so much of what made ‘Lost’ so engrossing was the mystery, not just the mystery of what happened, but the sort of reclamation of the spookiness of being alive. You can’t give all the answers and maintain that spookiness.”
With that in mind, here are some of the most pressing issues that still need to be answered.
Although, as creators Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson told TheWrap before the Season 2 premiere, not every question will be answered. Said Nickerson, when asked if he minded the comparisons to the often frustrating “Lost”: “I don’t always want everything to be answered. Like, I do and I don’t, because so much of what made ‘Lost’ so engrossing was the mystery, not just the mystery of what happened, but the sort of reclamation of the spookiness of being alive. You can’t give all the answers and maintain that spookiness.”
With that in mind, here are some of the most pressing issues that still need to be answered.
- 5/26/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
No lie. The tragic season finale of Yellowjackets made us cry by killing off tormented bad-ass Natalie (Juliette Lewis) who was finally starting to heal from her ’90s wilderness trauma. We also shed a tear for the bleak state of her grieving surviving friends: Misty (Christina Ricci), broken with guilt about accidentally killing Nat; Lottie (Simone Kessell), unhinged and about to be hospitalized; Tai (Tawny Cypress) and Van (Lauren Ambrose) whose suddenly rekindled passion has chilled just as quickly; and teary Shauna (Melanie Lynskey) who can’t deny that her daughter Callie (Sarah Desjardins) has inherited her mom’s capacity for violence. The one person who seemed the most stable at the episode’s end was Shauna’s husband Jeff (Warren Kole) – sweet, earnest, furniture salesman Jeff Sadecki! Sure, he watched his old high school friend Kevyn (Alex Wyndham) drop dead and then helped Misty’s murderer boyfriend Walter (Elijah Wood) move the body.
- 5/26/2023
- TV Insider
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Yellowjackets” Season 2 Episode 9, “Storytelling.”]
Long ago, in the quaint winter of 2022, Lottie (Courtney Eaton) killed a bear and offered its heart up as sacrifice to the wilderness on “Yellowjackets.” She told her friends to spill blood and said “let the darkness let us free.”
That is decidedly not what happened.
Despite Lottie’s best efforts in both past and present, “darkness” (also known as savagery and trauma) fully cloaks the stranded teens of the series, following them well into their tormented adult lives. In a season that has gone from bad to worse, “Storytelling” is the definitive destruction of hope, light, and sanctuary.
After languishing for most of the season — or at least moving conspicuously slower than the parallel ’90s flashback — the present-day timeline steers most of the action in “Storytelling,” written by Ameni Rozsa and directed by Karyn Kusama. Every character and storyline converges at Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) forest compound,...
Long ago, in the quaint winter of 2022, Lottie (Courtney Eaton) killed a bear and offered its heart up as sacrifice to the wilderness on “Yellowjackets.” She told her friends to spill blood and said “let the darkness let us free.”
That is decidedly not what happened.
Despite Lottie’s best efforts in both past and present, “darkness” (also known as savagery and trauma) fully cloaks the stranded teens of the series, following them well into their tormented adult lives. In a season that has gone from bad to worse, “Storytelling” is the definitive destruction of hope, light, and sanctuary.
After languishing for most of the season — or at least moving conspicuously slower than the parallel ’90s flashback — the present-day timeline steers most of the action in “Storytelling,” written by Ameni Rozsa and directed by Karyn Kusama. Every character and storyline converges at Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) forest compound,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
This article contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets" season 2 episode 9.
After a complex, fascinating, brutal two months, the "Yellowjackets" season finale is here. "Storytelling" is directed by the brilliant Karyn Kusama, so we should already be prepared for some horror and a whole lot of heartbreak. The episode opens with an always killer needle-drop, "Zombie" by The Cranberries. It underscores a nearly comatose teenage Nat walking through the wilderness and heading back to the cabin knowing she must tell Travis that Javi has drowned.
Travis is relieved to see her alive but immediately mortified when the rest of the girls come back with a half-frozen Javi hanging from a wooden bar. "The wilderness chose," she tells him, but Travis' grief is insurmountable. His little brother who finally returned after months of being missing in the woods is gone. Really, really gone.
In the present timeline, adult Shauna agrees with Lottie's plan...
After a complex, fascinating, brutal two months, the "Yellowjackets" season finale is here. "Storytelling" is directed by the brilliant Karyn Kusama, so we should already be prepared for some horror and a whole lot of heartbreak. The episode opens with an always killer needle-drop, "Zombie" by The Cranberries. It underscores a nearly comatose teenage Nat walking through the wilderness and heading back to the cabin knowing she must tell Travis that Javi has drowned.
Travis is relieved to see her alive but immediately mortified when the rest of the girls come back with a half-frozen Javi hanging from a wooden bar. "The wilderness chose," she tells him, but Travis' grief is insurmountable. His little brother who finally returned after months of being missing in the woods is gone. Really, really gone.
In the present timeline, adult Shauna agrees with Lottie's plan...
- 5/26/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers through Yellowjackets season 2 episode 8.
The Yellowjackets pilot hinted at the ritualistic cannibalism that the titular girls soccer team was forced to adopt after being stranded in the wilderness for nineteen months, but we’ve yet to see the girls fully become the cult-like group we see in the series’ opening. The “Doomcoming” episode from season 1 showed the girls chasing Travis (Kevin Alves) through the woods while high on mushrooms and fermented berries, but they were stopped before things escalated any further.
After Jackie (Ella Purnell) was eaten at the beginning of season 2, however, it was only a matter of time before the teens were forced to resort to cannibalism once again to survive the harsh winter. To help Lottie (Courtney Eaton) heal from the life-threatening wounds inflicted on her by Shauna (Sofie Nélisse) in a post-partum fit of rage, the teens decide to sacrifice someone from...
The Yellowjackets pilot hinted at the ritualistic cannibalism that the titular girls soccer team was forced to adopt after being stranded in the wilderness for nineteen months, but we’ve yet to see the girls fully become the cult-like group we see in the series’ opening. The “Doomcoming” episode from season 1 showed the girls chasing Travis (Kevin Alves) through the woods while high on mushrooms and fermented berries, but they were stopped before things escalated any further.
After Jackie (Ella Purnell) was eaten at the beginning of season 2, however, it was only a matter of time before the teens were forced to resort to cannibalism once again to survive the harsh winter. To help Lottie (Courtney Eaton) heal from the life-threatening wounds inflicted on her by Shauna (Sofie Nélisse) in a post-partum fit of rage, the teens decide to sacrifice someone from...
- 5/23/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
This Yellowjackets review contains spoilers.
Yellowjackets Season 2 Episode 8
The cabin fever escalates yet again in the past, and in the present, the survivors have the most macabre group therapy session ever in “It Chooses,” the penultimate episode of Yellowjackets’ second season. The show continues to benefit from having the present-day characters convened at Charlotte’s wellness center, and while the ‘90s segments suffer from some head-scratching character behavior, it’s still entertaining as ever watching the group descend ever deeper into madness.
Last week’s episode saw Shauna have a huge moment, unleashing her resentment and rage on Lottie in what was one of the show’s most graphic, ultra-violent moments to date, which is saying a lot. Lottie’s idea was to sacrifice her body to let Shauna exercise her demons, and it seems to have worked. We see Shauna helping the others care for Lottie, who’s obviously in horrendous shape,...
Yellowjackets Season 2 Episode 8
The cabin fever escalates yet again in the past, and in the present, the survivors have the most macabre group therapy session ever in “It Chooses,” the penultimate episode of Yellowjackets’ second season. The show continues to benefit from having the present-day characters convened at Charlotte’s wellness center, and while the ‘90s segments suffer from some head-scratching character behavior, it’s still entertaining as ever watching the group descend ever deeper into madness.
Last week’s episode saw Shauna have a huge moment, unleashing her resentment and rage on Lottie in what was one of the show’s most graphic, ultra-violent moments to date, which is saying a lot. Lottie’s idea was to sacrifice her body to let Shauna exercise her demons, and it seems to have worked. We see Shauna helping the others care for Lottie, who’s obviously in horrendous shape,...
- 5/22/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Yellowjackets” Season 2 Episode 8, “It Chooses.”]
“Does a hunt that have no violence feed anyone?”
That’s the question posed to Lottie (Simone Kessell) by her “therapist” — quickly revealed to be her subconscious — in “Yellowjackets” Season 2, Episode 7, the question whose answer and meaning reveal themselves in ghastly fashion in Episode 8, “It Chooses.” Not only are our survivors starved and delirious, but they now hunger as much for food as for fight to acquire it.
Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer and written by Sarah L. Thompson & Liz Phang, “It Chooses” is littered with indicators of everyone reaching the end of their tether during the bleak midwinter. There is hunger, there is starvation, and then there is whatever this is; exhaustion, blurred vision, hallucinations of blood spilling from the walls, cradling your pet mouse corpse and being tempted to take a bite out of his emaciated body. Only Nat (Sophie Thatcher) says it,...
“Does a hunt that have no violence feed anyone?”
That’s the question posed to Lottie (Simone Kessell) by her “therapist” — quickly revealed to be her subconscious — in “Yellowjackets” Season 2, Episode 7, the question whose answer and meaning reveal themselves in ghastly fashion in Episode 8, “It Chooses.” Not only are our survivors starved and delirious, but they now hunger as much for food as for fight to acquire it.
Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer and written by Sarah L. Thompson & Liz Phang, “It Chooses” is littered with indicators of everyone reaching the end of their tether during the bleak midwinter. There is hunger, there is starvation, and then there is whatever this is; exhaustion, blurred vision, hallucinations of blood spilling from the walls, cradling your pet mouse corpse and being tempted to take a bite out of his emaciated body. Only Nat (Sophie Thatcher) says it,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Yellowjackets."
I don't know about you, but I think I might have to unsubscribe from Lottie's cult's email list. The plane crash survivor turned new-age commune leader has straddled the line between impressive (we've seen a lot of her unorthodox treatments work) and questionable (she's getting her advice from a therapist who's actually the Antler Queen) all season, but in the latest episode, she finally went where I can't follow. I'm not the only one, either; when Lottie (Simone Kessell) tells her fellow survivors they should play a game of poison roulette with cups of tea, pretty much none of them are on board. The girls who once zealously followed Lottie's every order in the woods are in the real world now, and it doesn't seem like a place where the rules of the forest apply.
According to Lottie, though,...
I don't know about you, but I think I might have to unsubscribe from Lottie's cult's email list. The plane crash survivor turned new-age commune leader has straddled the line between impressive (we've seen a lot of her unorthodox treatments work) and questionable (she's getting her advice from a therapist who's actually the Antler Queen) all season, but in the latest episode, she finally went where I can't follow. I'm not the only one, either; when Lottie (Simone Kessell) tells her fellow survivors they should play a game of poison roulette with cups of tea, pretty much none of them are on board. The girls who once zealously followed Lottie's every order in the woods are in the real world now, and it doesn't seem like a place where the rules of the forest apply.
According to Lottie, though,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets" season 2 episode 8.
After the cliffhanger bloodbath that was last week's episode, "It Chooses" picks up with Mari and Misty holding up Lottie over a bowl so she can pee. Unfortunately, Lottie's pissing blood, likely because Shauna kicked her square in the kidneys a few times. The girls have brought her up to the attic to try and heal, but Mari's making snarky jokes and Misty has had enough of it. Mari takes the piss bowl downstairs, but drops it on the floor and starts crying. I think she's finally cracking from the severity of the situation. Through her pain, Lottie is having visions that resemble ones she'll have again as an adult. Things are getting bad for our Yellowjackets.
Adding to the list of People Having a Bad Time™, Akilah is playing with the baby mouse she's been mothering the last few episodes and...
After the cliffhanger bloodbath that was last week's episode, "It Chooses" picks up with Mari and Misty holding up Lottie over a bowl so she can pee. Unfortunately, Lottie's pissing blood, likely because Shauna kicked her square in the kidneys a few times. The girls have brought her up to the attic to try and heal, but Mari's making snarky jokes and Misty has had enough of it. Mari takes the piss bowl downstairs, but drops it on the floor and starts crying. I think she's finally cracking from the severity of the situation. Through her pain, Lottie is having visions that resemble ones she'll have again as an adult. Things are getting bad for our Yellowjackets.
Adding to the list of People Having a Bad Time™, Akilah is playing with the baby mouse she's been mothering the last few episodes and...
- 5/19/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Suzhou (China), May 14 (Ians) India began its Sudirman Cup campaign on a disappointing note, losing 1-4 against Chinese Taipei in its opening Group C tie, here on Sunday.
The tie began with a mixed doubles match, where the duo of Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto suffered 21-18, 24-26, 6-21 at the hands of world no. 30 Yang Po-Hsuan and Hu Ling Fang.
The Indians started well and took the first game but failed to continue with the momentum as they lost the second game 24-26 and the deciding game 6-21, thus Taipei held an early 1-0 lead in the tie.
In the second rubber, India’s top-ranked men’s singles player, Hs Prannoy, fell in straight games 21-19, 21-15 to world no. 5 Chou Tien Chen.
In the third match, P V Sindhu was up against familiar foe Tai Tzu Ying. The Taipei shuttler comfortably won the first game and the Indian...
The tie began with a mixed doubles match, where the duo of Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto suffered 21-18, 24-26, 6-21 at the hands of world no. 30 Yang Po-Hsuan and Hu Ling Fang.
The Indians started well and took the first game but failed to continue with the momentum as they lost the second game 24-26 and the deciding game 6-21, thus Taipei held an early 1-0 lead in the tie.
In the second rubber, India’s top-ranked men’s singles player, Hs Prannoy, fell in straight games 21-19, 21-15 to world no. 5 Chou Tien Chen.
In the third match, P V Sindhu was up against familiar foe Tai Tzu Ying. The Taipei shuttler comfortably won the first game and the Indian...
- 5/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
This Yellowjackets review contains spoilers.
Yellowjackets Season 2 Episode 7
“Burial” is a big moment for Yellowjackets. We see the present-day gang reunite for the first time to buzz around Charlotte’s wellness center hive and get to know themselves and each other a little better. It’s the most centralized, cohesive episode we’ve seen thus far, and seeing this collection of uniquely gifted actresses come together to tell this pivotal chapter of the story is well worth the wait.
The veteran cast really flourishes here, but it’s important not to diminish the contributions of the younger cast. Sophie Nelisse and Courtney Eaton have been emerging as standouts this season, elevating every scene they’re in in their own way. The gruesome explosion of violence between them at the end of the episode feels, for lack of a more eloquent term, real. It’s insanely uncomfortable to watch, not just because of the graphic imagery,...
Yellowjackets Season 2 Episode 7
“Burial” is a big moment for Yellowjackets. We see the present-day gang reunite for the first time to buzz around Charlotte’s wellness center hive and get to know themselves and each other a little better. It’s the most centralized, cohesive episode we’ve seen thus far, and seeing this collection of uniquely gifted actresses come together to tell this pivotal chapter of the story is well worth the wait.
The veteran cast really flourishes here, but it’s important not to diminish the contributions of the younger cast. Sophie Nelisse and Courtney Eaton have been emerging as standouts this season, elevating every scene they’re in in their own way. The gruesome explosion of violence between them at the end of the episode feels, for lack of a more eloquent term, real. It’s insanely uncomfortable to watch, not just because of the graphic imagery,...
- 5/14/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Antler Queen shocker! The mysterious, wilderness priestess in Yellowjackets manifested in the present-day timeline when guru Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) therapist transformed into the figure. Even more chilling? She asked Lottie, “Does a hunt that has no violence feed anyone?” Watch out, purple people. “We’re completely in the unraveling of Lottie. She’s come apart,” says Kessell who breaks down the seventh episode in our latest The Buzz on Yellowjackets aftershow. “The most haunting vision for her is the antler queen because it really represents what happened to these women. To me, the antler queen is all of them.” Kessell also shares her take on another big moment in the episode: when adult Tai (Tawny Cypress) and Van (Lauren Ambrose), who’d been lovers as teens, kissed: “There’s been so much pain and trauma and hating and anger, and absolute chaos inside of these women — they’re vibrating with it.
- 5/12/2023
- TV Insider
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Yellowjackets” Season 2 Episode 7, “Burial.”]
It should have been impossible, but the “Yellowjackets” vibes have gone from bad to worse.
Not the show itself — indeed, Episode 7 might be the best Season 2 episode to date — but the atmosphere in Unspecified Canadian Forest Hell grows bleaker by the day. The survivors are starving, exhausted, trapped in a blizzard with a corpse while another freezes outside, and moving forward has never been more difficult (for some more than others).
“Burial,” directed by Anya Adams and written by Rich Monahan & Liz Phang, picks up in the tragic aftermath of Shauna’s (Sophie Nélisse) fatal delivery, where she is resting but not speaking and refusing to even drink water. The show doesn’t sit in the immediate trauma, even though the characters have probably dwelled on it for hours; Nélisse gives a mostly wordless performance this episode, conveying Shauna’s loss through heavy silence, whispered confessions,...
It should have been impossible, but the “Yellowjackets” vibes have gone from bad to worse.
Not the show itself — indeed, Episode 7 might be the best Season 2 episode to date — but the atmosphere in Unspecified Canadian Forest Hell grows bleaker by the day. The survivors are starving, exhausted, trapped in a blizzard with a corpse while another freezes outside, and moving forward has never been more difficult (for some more than others).
“Burial,” directed by Anya Adams and written by Rich Monahan & Liz Phang, picks up in the tragic aftermath of Shauna’s (Sophie Nélisse) fatal delivery, where she is resting but not speaking and refusing to even drink water. The show doesn’t sit in the immediate trauma, even though the characters have probably dwelled on it for hours; Nélisse gives a mostly wordless performance this episode, conveying Shauna’s loss through heavy silence, whispered confessions,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
This article contains spoilers for "Yellowjackets" season 2.
"I can't wait for you, Tai. Literally, I don't have that kind of time ... I have cancer."
This is the first thing Van tells Taissa after the duo kisses for the first time in decades. Despite Taissa being married with a family, this is a kiss that "Yellowjackets" fans have been dying to see from the moment it was announced that Lauren Ambrose had been cast as adult Van. Her adulthood served as evidence that the teenage goalie played by Liv Hewson, whom so many fans had fallen in love with, was going to make it out of the woods alive.
However, much like the reveal that Shauna's baby was not a victim of cannibalism because it was stillborn, the discovery that Van is diagnosed with terminal cancer as an adult is almost harder to process than had she been sacrificed to Lottie's tree gods.
"I can't wait for you, Tai. Literally, I don't have that kind of time ... I have cancer."
This is the first thing Van tells Taissa after the duo kisses for the first time in decades. Despite Taissa being married with a family, this is a kiss that "Yellowjackets" fans have been dying to see from the moment it was announced that Lauren Ambrose had been cast as adult Van. Her adulthood served as evidence that the teenage goalie played by Liv Hewson, whom so many fans had fallen in love with, was going to make it out of the woods alive.
However, much like the reveal that Shauna's baby was not a victim of cannibalism because it was stillborn, the discovery that Van is diagnosed with terminal cancer as an adult is almost harder to process than had she been sacrificed to Lottie's tree gods.
- 5/12/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for the latest episode of "Yellowjackets."
After last week's episode of "Yellowjackets" ended with the show's most tragic moment to date, I'm not sure what I expected from the hour that followed, but it's definitely not what we got. This week's episode had a wide tonal range, delivering kooky fun with Misty's (Christina Ricci) theatrical dream sequence, surprising sweetness with the present-day Yellowjackets' night spent bonding, and a truly brutal ending with postpartum Shauna's (Sophie Nelisse) attack on Lottie (Courtney Eaton).
Somehow, in the midst of all the chaos, the show managed to throw out a massive revelation that it delivered in a surprisingly offhand manner: the survivors might have repressed memories about their time in the wilderness. The twist came in the middle of a night of drunken revelry on Lottie's compound, when Misty started to ask a question about the girls' time...
After last week's episode of "Yellowjackets" ended with the show's most tragic moment to date, I'm not sure what I expected from the hour that followed, but it's definitely not what we got. This week's episode had a wide tonal range, delivering kooky fun with Misty's (Christina Ricci) theatrical dream sequence, surprising sweetness with the present-day Yellowjackets' night spent bonding, and a truly brutal ending with postpartum Shauna's (Sophie Nelisse) attack on Lottie (Courtney Eaton).
Somehow, in the midst of all the chaos, the show managed to throw out a massive revelation that it delivered in a surprisingly offhand manner: the survivors might have repressed memories about their time in the wilderness. The twist came in the middle of a night of drunken revelry on Lottie's compound, when Misty started to ask a question about the girls' time...
- 5/12/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers from “Qui,” the sixth episode of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, now streaming on Showtime.
This week’s episode of Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” answers one of the show’s biggest questions, which is: What happened to Teen Shauna’s (Sophie Nélisse) baby? Unfortunately, as we learn, it died in childbirth.
Meanwhile, in the adult Yellowjackets world, Shauna (Melanie Lynskey), Van (Lauren Ambrose), Tai (Tawny Cypress) and Misty (Christina Ricci) converge on Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) “wellness compound” in their efforts to rescue Nat (Juliette Lewis). Toward the end of the episode, a drone shot pulls up to reveal the layout of Lottie’s compound is the mysterious stick-figure symbol.
Director Liz Garbus, who helmed the episode, told Variety that she has no idea what the figure means, which viewers have seen in the wilderness throughout the series. “I have some thoughts,” Garbus said. “It’s nothing that I could explain.
This week’s episode of Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” answers one of the show’s biggest questions, which is: What happened to Teen Shauna’s (Sophie Nélisse) baby? Unfortunately, as we learn, it died in childbirth.
Meanwhile, in the adult Yellowjackets world, Shauna (Melanie Lynskey), Van (Lauren Ambrose), Tai (Tawny Cypress) and Misty (Christina Ricci) converge on Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) “wellness compound” in their efforts to rescue Nat (Juliette Lewis). Toward the end of the episode, a drone shot pulls up to reveal the layout of Lottie’s compound is the mysterious stick-figure symbol.
Director Liz Garbus, who helmed the episode, told Variety that she has no idea what the figure means, which viewers have seen in the wilderness throughout the series. “I have some thoughts,” Garbus said. “It’s nothing that I could explain.
- 5/5/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Episode six of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Qui,” makes for one of the most significant “do not miss” episodes of television this year. Now firmly into the back half of the second season, “Qui” takes massive strides in converging plotlines in the present while wreaking utter emotional devastation in the past. More impressive is the way this episode serves as a showcase for powerhouse performances across the ensemble cast.
“Qui” resumes the terrible timing of teen Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) going into labor. The good news is that the complete inexperience, shock, and anxiety over bringing a baby into this world primarily unites the group as they frantically try to help Shauna. The bad news is that they depended on Misty (Samantha Hanratty) to act as a midwife, but the first sign of blood sends her reeling over her accidental murder of Crystal (Nuha Jes Izman). The volume of blood Shauna’s losing worries everyone,...
“Qui” resumes the terrible timing of teen Shauna (Sophie Nélisse) going into labor. The good news is that the complete inexperience, shock, and anxiety over bringing a baby into this world primarily unites the group as they frantically try to help Shauna. The bad news is that they depended on Misty (Samantha Hanratty) to act as a midwife, but the first sign of blood sends her reeling over her accidental murder of Crystal (Nuha Jes Izman). The volume of blood Shauna’s losing worries everyone,...
- 5/5/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
This Yellowjackets review contains spoilers.
Yellowjackets Season 2 Episode 6
“Qui” marks a thrilling ramp-up in momentum for Yellowjackets’ present-day and ‘90s storylines. The characters’ individual narrative threads continue to be woven together in unexpected ways, and it’s fascinating to watch the survivors’ dark tapestry of trauma and regret begin to take shape.
The episode opens with yet another brilliant showcase of evocative editing, transitioning from a flashback to health class in which teen Misty asks about the amount of blood in child labor, to Misty looking mortified as she stares at a screaming Shauna in the cabin, moments away from giving birth to her baby boy. Blur’s “Song 2” plays through the transition, signaling the urgency of the moment, but Misty’s not up for it.
Learning in the final scene that Shauna’s son was, in fact, stillborn, and that all of the scenes we saw of them together...
Yellowjackets Season 2 Episode 6
“Qui” marks a thrilling ramp-up in momentum for Yellowjackets’ present-day and ‘90s storylines. The characters’ individual narrative threads continue to be woven together in unexpected ways, and it’s fascinating to watch the survivors’ dark tapestry of trauma and regret begin to take shape.
The episode opens with yet another brilliant showcase of evocative editing, transitioning from a flashback to health class in which teen Misty asks about the amount of blood in child labor, to Misty looking mortified as she stares at a screaming Shauna in the cabin, moments away from giving birth to her baby boy. Blur’s “Song 2” plays through the transition, signaling the urgency of the moment, but Misty’s not up for it.
Learning in the final scene that Shauna’s son was, in fact, stillborn, and that all of the scenes we saw of them together...
- 5/5/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
“I threw the script,” Jasmin Savoy Brown confesses about her initial response to reading the scene in Episode 6 of Yellowjackets where her character, Taissa, and the other stranded teens greedily devour Shauna’s (Sophie Nélisse) newborn. “I will not do that. That’s my boundary. Then when it turned out to be a dream, I felt more comfortable.” Shauna’s difficult labor, with Tai at her side, was also brutal for the cast. “It was traumatic for a couple reasons,” Brown reveals on The Buzz on Yellowjackets aftershow. “It was triggering for a lot of people. A lot of us have personal experience with pregnancies gone wrong, like with someone we love in our family. It was also really hard because we had to shoot it twice [due to technical problems]. Your worst nightmare for any scene. It was the worst day I ever had on set. Some of us cried.” In this wilderness...
- 5/5/2023
- TV Insider
This article contains spoilers for Yellowjackets season 2 episode 5.
For the first time this season, Yellowjackets is taking a brief pause in between episodes. Unfortunately, this means that we’ll have to wait a week longer to see what happens to Shauna’s (Sophie Nélisse) baby, whether the Sadeckis will be able to fool the cops, and how cult life treats Misty (Christina Ricci) in the present.
At the end of episode 5 “Two Truths and a Lie,” Shauna begins to give birth in the wilderness soon after Lottie (Courtney Eaton) gives her a blanket with the symbol of the forest stitched into it. Misty also kinda killed Crystal (Nuha Jes Izman) after confessing to her that she destroyed the plane’s black box. In the present, Misty has pushed Walter (Elijah Wood) away and decided to join Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) cult, not believing that Natalie (Juliette Lewis) is there of her own free will.
For the first time this season, Yellowjackets is taking a brief pause in between episodes. Unfortunately, this means that we’ll have to wait a week longer to see what happens to Shauna’s (Sophie Nélisse) baby, whether the Sadeckis will be able to fool the cops, and how cult life treats Misty (Christina Ricci) in the present.
At the end of episode 5 “Two Truths and a Lie,” Shauna begins to give birth in the wilderness soon after Lottie (Courtney Eaton) gives her a blanket with the symbol of the forest stitched into it. Misty also kinda killed Crystal (Nuha Jes Izman) after confessing to her that she destroyed the plane’s black box. In the present, Misty has pushed Walter (Elijah Wood) away and decided to join Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) cult, not believing that Natalie (Juliette Lewis) is there of her own free will.
- 4/26/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Yellowjackets” Season 2 Episode 5, “Two Truths and a Lie.”]
Faith can be an interesting thing. In religion, it offers many people comfort and purpose; an explanation for how the world works and a framework with which to live a meaningful life.
Then there is the other kind of faith: Trust. Where religious faith is mostly internal, trusting a person, idea, or institution depends as much on the recipient as on the believer. When you lose faith in someone, it’s because of something they did.
Both types of faith feature prominently in “Yellowjackets” Season 2, Episode 5, “Two Truths and a Lie,” written by Sarah L. Thompson and Katherine Kearns and directed by Ben Semanoff. As storylines explore the companionship and community based on trust, the title invokes a secret third thing: trust betrayed, and its dire consequences in this series. In the wilderness, Lottie (Courtney) Eaton leads the teens in something that...
Faith can be an interesting thing. In religion, it offers many people comfort and purpose; an explanation for how the world works and a framework with which to live a meaningful life.
Then there is the other kind of faith: Trust. Where religious faith is mostly internal, trusting a person, idea, or institution depends as much on the recipient as on the believer. When you lose faith in someone, it’s because of something they did.
Both types of faith feature prominently in “Yellowjackets” Season 2, Episode 5, “Two Truths and a Lie,” written by Sarah L. Thompson and Katherine Kearns and directed by Ben Semanoff. As storylines explore the companionship and community based on trust, the title invokes a secret third thing: trust betrayed, and its dire consequences in this series. In the wilderness, Lottie (Courtney) Eaton leads the teens in something that...
- 4/24/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Spoilers for "Yellowjackets" follow.
The dual timelines of "Yellowjackets," set 25 years apart, show both how a high school girls' soccer team was stranded in the Canadian Wilderness and how they cope with that experience as adults. This structure means we already know the main cast's fate, at least to a point. In season 1, the presence of Shauna, Taissa, Natalie, Misty, and Travis in the 2021 timeline confirmed they got out of the wilderness alive. Two supporting characters in the 1996 timeline, Laura Lee and Jackie, didn't show up in the present. Sure enough, it's because they're dead.
However, season 1 ended with the reveal that Lottie Matthews (Courtney Eaton) was still alive, though she was never even mentioned in the 2021 timeline. Come season 2, she's now a regular in both timelines (played by Simone Kessell as an adult). The bigger surprise in season 2 is that Vanessa "Van" Palmer (Liv Hewson) survived too. She got...
The dual timelines of "Yellowjackets," set 25 years apart, show both how a high school girls' soccer team was stranded in the Canadian Wilderness and how they cope with that experience as adults. This structure means we already know the main cast's fate, at least to a point. In season 1, the presence of Shauna, Taissa, Natalie, Misty, and Travis in the 2021 timeline confirmed they got out of the wilderness alive. Two supporting characters in the 1996 timeline, Laura Lee and Jackie, didn't show up in the present. Sure enough, it's because they're dead.
However, season 1 ended with the reveal that Lottie Matthews (Courtney Eaton) was still alive, though she was never even mentioned in the 2021 timeline. Come season 2, she's now a regular in both timelines (played by Simone Kessell as an adult). The bigger surprise in season 2 is that Vanessa "Van" Palmer (Liv Hewson) survived too. She got...
- 4/24/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Episode five of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Two Truths and a Lie,” presents a dramatic transition. To what, exactly? The destination remains obscured, but this episode makes it abundantly clear that whatever is coming, it’s terrible news for the Yellowjackets. “Two Truths and a Lie” thrillingly marks the slow beginning of converging plotlines, setting up the potential for an unseen common enemy or force in both timelines. Until then, it plunges its characters deeper into turmoil and danger.
The episode starts with a proper introduction to adult Van (Lauren Ambrose), the owner of a video store adorably named “While You Were Streaming.” Her reunion with Tai (Tawny Cypress) comes fraught with high emotions, though it doesn’t get the emphasis you’d expect. Instead, it’s more about Nat (Juliette Lewis) and Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) tenuous truce to uncover the truth behind Travis’s death and Shauna’s (Melanie Lynskey...
The episode starts with a proper introduction to adult Van (Lauren Ambrose), the owner of a video store adorably named “While You Were Streaming.” Her reunion with Tai (Tawny Cypress) comes fraught with high emotions, though it doesn’t get the emphasis you’d expect. Instead, it’s more about Nat (Juliette Lewis) and Lottie’s (Simone Kessell) tenuous truce to uncover the truth behind Travis’s death and Shauna’s (Melanie Lynskey...
- 4/21/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
This article contains spoilers through the latest episode of Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets has been doing deep-cut needledrops since before Stranger Things season 4 made it cool. While the series certainly leans into the late ’90s setting of the plane crash flashbacks for much of its music (as it should), the present day timeline keeps the series from feeling too limited in its scope of song choices. Yellowjackets is one of the few shows that could pull off having songs from Papa Roach and Sharon Van Etten in the same episode without it being too distracting. Instead, this eclectic mix of music shows that the music supervisor and showrunners know how important the right song is to the story.
Yellowjackets may cover heavy things like trauma and cannibalism, but that doesn’t mean that its soundtrack can’t be full of bops and bangers, including the title sequence song “No Return” by Anna Waronker and Craig Wedren.
Yellowjackets has been doing deep-cut needledrops since before Stranger Things season 4 made it cool. While the series certainly leans into the late ’90s setting of the plane crash flashbacks for much of its music (as it should), the present day timeline keeps the series from feeling too limited in its scope of song choices. Yellowjackets is one of the few shows that could pull off having songs from Papa Roach and Sharon Van Etten in the same episode without it being too distracting. Instead, this eclectic mix of music shows that the music supervisor and showrunners know how important the right song is to the story.
Yellowjackets may cover heavy things like trauma and cannibalism, but that doesn’t mean that its soundtrack can’t be full of bops and bangers, including the title sequence song “No Return” by Anna Waronker and Craig Wedren.
- 4/21/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
This Yellowjackets review contains spoilers.
Yellowjackets Season 2 Episode 5
Yellowjackets’ formula is really, really clicking this season. Each episode is structured and paced in essentially the same way, nimbly flitting between the storylines and timelines, guided by the emotion of whatever’s happening on screen. There’s a music to the way the episodes play out, and this week’s episode, “Two Truths and a Lie,” hums along without a hitch. All of the stories are pushed along in interesting ways, and while nothing particularly nuclear happens, we’ve arrived at a point where these characters are simply entertaining to be with, which is the sweet spot for any show.
Having Van folded into Tai’s present-day storyline is fantastic for a few reasons. Lauren Ambrose is a stellar actress and is no stranger to the medium, first and foremost. But as it pertains to the narrative, Van and Tai’s...
Yellowjackets Season 2 Episode 5
Yellowjackets’ formula is really, really clicking this season. Each episode is structured and paced in essentially the same way, nimbly flitting between the storylines and timelines, guided by the emotion of whatever’s happening on screen. There’s a music to the way the episodes play out, and this week’s episode, “Two Truths and a Lie,” hums along without a hitch. All of the stories are pushed along in interesting ways, and while nothing particularly nuclear happens, we’ve arrived at a point where these characters are simply entertaining to be with, which is the sweet spot for any show.
Having Van folded into Tai’s present-day storyline is fantastic for a few reasons. Lauren Ambrose is a stellar actress and is no stranger to the medium, first and foremost. But as it pertains to the narrative, Van and Tai’s...
- 4/21/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
[This story contains spoilers from the fifth episode of Yellowjackets season two, “Two Truths and a Lie.”]
Yellowjackets was praised for its casting after the first season introduced characters so adeptly shared by two sets of actresses. In following the dual timelines on the hit Showtime series, the teenage Yellowjackets soccer team and the adults they become — after surviving the 1996 plane crash and 19 months in the wilderness — melded together with the teen and adult versions of Shauna (Melanie Lynskey and Sophie Nélisse), Natalie (Juliette Lewis and Sophie Thatcher), Misty (Christina Ricci and Samantha Hanratty) and Taissa (Tawny Cypress and Jasmin Savoy Brown).
The second season expanded the roster of survivors from four to six when it first introduced adult Lottie, played by newcomer Simone Kessell, in the premiere and, after a brief introduction at the end of episode four, viewers finally got to meet adult Van, played by Lauren Ambrose, when she and adult Taissa (Cypress) reunited in the fifth episode.
Yellowjackets was praised for its casting after the first season introduced characters so adeptly shared by two sets of actresses. In following the dual timelines on the hit Showtime series, the teenage Yellowjackets soccer team and the adults they become — after surviving the 1996 plane crash and 19 months in the wilderness — melded together with the teen and adult versions of Shauna (Melanie Lynskey and Sophie Nélisse), Natalie (Juliette Lewis and Sophie Thatcher), Misty (Christina Ricci and Samantha Hanratty) and Taissa (Tawny Cypress and Jasmin Savoy Brown).
The second season expanded the roster of survivors from four to six when it first introduced adult Lottie, played by newcomer Simone Kessell, in the premiere and, after a brief introduction at the end of episode four, viewers finally got to meet adult Van, played by Lauren Ambrose, when she and adult Taissa (Cypress) reunited in the fifth episode.
- 4/21/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This post contains spoilers through the fourth episode of "Yellowjackets" season 2.
In the first few episodes of "Yellowjackets" season 1, it seems like present-day Taissa (Tawny Cypress) is doing the best out of all the known survivors. She's a rich, well-regarded politician running for a New Jersey state senate seat, with a loving wife, Simone, and a cute son named Sammy. But by this point in season 2 of "Yellowjackets," we're starting to wonder if Taissa's actually the worst off. Her sleepwalking habits have now isolated her from her family and have put her wife in a coma, and at this rate it doesn't seem like she'll be able to hold onto that senate seat for much longer. Even Natalie, staying at Lottie's purple cult, has got a new friend. But Taissa lately has no one left in her life who can understand her. At least, no one except Van.
Adult...
In the first few episodes of "Yellowjackets" season 1, it seems like present-day Taissa (Tawny Cypress) is doing the best out of all the known survivors. She's a rich, well-regarded politician running for a New Jersey state senate seat, with a loving wife, Simone, and a cute son named Sammy. But by this point in season 2 of "Yellowjackets," we're starting to wonder if Taissa's actually the worst off. Her sleepwalking habits have now isolated her from her family and have put her wife in a coma, and at this rate it doesn't seem like she'll be able to hold onto that senate seat for much longer. Even Natalie, staying at Lottie's purple cult, has got a new friend. But Taissa lately has no one left in her life who can understand her. At least, no one except Van.
Adult...
- 4/17/2023
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
Episode four of “Yellowjackets” Season 2, “Old Wounds,” picks up with both teen and adult Tai regaining control and consciousness. In the present, it sends Tai running for the only person she knows will understand, while the past sees Tai in denial as her strange trances begin to drive a wedge in her relationship with Van (Liv Hewson). The slow formation of dividing lines extends beyond Tai and Van, becoming the running theme of the episode.
In the past timeline, Coach Ben (Steven Krueger) finally vocalizes his disgust over the girls’ act of cannibalism. It’s the spark that emboldens Lottie’s (Courtney Eaton) followers, sowing dissension among the ranks. When Nat (Sophie Thatcher) gets accused of not pulling her weight as the group’s hunter, it sparks a dangerous bet on who’s the better leader/provider: Lottie for her otherworldly mysticism or Nat and her pragmatic nature. The wilderness...
In the past timeline, Coach Ben (Steven Krueger) finally vocalizes his disgust over the girls’ act of cannibalism. It’s the spark that emboldens Lottie’s (Courtney Eaton) followers, sowing dissension among the ranks. When Nat (Sophie Thatcher) gets accused of not pulling her weight as the group’s hunter, it sparks a dangerous bet on who’s the better leader/provider: Lottie for her otherworldly mysticism or Nat and her pragmatic nature. The wilderness...
- 4/14/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
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